A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago. A ...
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A jungle gym in the 1970s — a staple of playgrounds all across the U.S. (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images) This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a ...